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== Dragon personalities ==
All dragons are intelligent beings, and most of them exceedingly so. Dragon personality varies from dragon to dragon, but dragons of the same subrace tend to have similar mindsets. This is not always true; several exceptions exist in official ''D&D'' material. In the Forgotten Realms a good-aligned red dragon is involved against his will in the Fall of the [[Elf|elf]] city of [[w:c:Forgottenrealmsforgottenrealms:Myth Drannor|Myth Drannor]].
Dragon subraces encompass all ''D&D'' [[alignment]]s, going from [[lawful good]] paladin-like gold dragons to the cruel and very greedy [[chaotic evil]] red dragons.
=== Forgotten Realms setting ===
In the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' [[campaign setting]], dragons are very close to the ones in [[Dragonlance]]. A sect of cultist called the [[w:c:Forgottenrealmsforgottenrealms|Cult of the Dragon]] believe that dragons, particularly [[undead]] ones, will rule the world, and are trying to convert evil dragons to become ''[[dracolich]]es'' - undead [[lich]]-like dragons, which are partially bound to the cult by the [[ritual]]s which grant them their undead status. Plus, in the D&D Supplement book ''The Draconomicon'' several other undead varieties of the dragon - ghost, skeleton, vampire, and zombie make an appearance.
A popular series called Wyrms of the North ran in Dragon magazine issues #230 through 259 and was later updated to third edition rules on Wizards of the Coast's website (see external links). Each article detailed an individual dragon of significance in [[Faerûn]].
=== Eberron setting ===
In the ''[[Eberron]]'' [[campaign setting]], three dragon gods have created the world: [[w:c:Eberron:Siberys|Siberys]], [[w:c:Eberron:Eberron|Eberron]] and [[w:c:Eberron:Khyber|Khyber]]. Siberys and Eberron waged war against Khyber and imprisoned it within the depths of the earth. In the end, all three dragons merged with the land: Siberys becoming the sky, Eberron the continents and Khyber the underground world.
Dragons are apart from civilization, which is mostly concentrated on the continent of [[w:c:Eberron:Khorvaire|Khorvaire]]. They live on the continent of [[w:c:Eberron:Argonnessen|Argonnessen]], a rather unknown place, since dragons are very territorial, it makes exploration often hazardous. The dragons used to rule over Eberron many centuries ago, but at the end of the Dragon-Fiend war, against the demons and devils of Khyber, they departed from Khorvaire to go to Argonnessen.
Dragons are immersed in the Draconic Prophecy, a legend which all bits of information are scattered throughout the world and that the outcome is unknown. They see every event as an important event in the Prophecy, and they even form an organization called the Chamber, where they send their brethren in search of clues. They can be of any alignment, like any creature in Eberron, so a good red dragon (usually evil) is as common as an evil gold dragon (usually good). This rule might throw some players off-balance. Dragons also consider themselves superior, treating all other races as inferior. Furthermore, any half-dragon spotted by these dragons is vowed to be hunted, as they treat these half-breeds as a disgrace to their image.
*[http://www.draconika.com/types.php Dragon Types] - A description of each of the chromatic dragon types, including pictures.
*[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/archfr/wn Wyrms of the North Archive]
*There is an article about [[forgottenrealms:Dragon|Dragon]] at [[forgottenrealms:Main Page|Forgotten Realms Wiki]].
*There is an article about [http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dragon Dragon] at [http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page the Great Library of Greyhawk].
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